1894 in architecture
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The year 1894 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- In the United States, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects is founded.
- Anatole de Baudot designs the church of Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre in Paris as the first to use a reinforced concrete frame.
Buildings and structures
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=Buildings opened=
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- April 21 – Quatro de Setembro Theater, Teresina, Brazil.
- May 14 – Blackpool Tower in Blackpool, England, completed to a design by Maxwell and Tuke and opened to the public.
- June 30 – Tower Bridge in London, designed by Horace Jones (architect) and John Wolfe-Barry.
- July
- Dalen Hotel in Norway, designed by Haldor Børve.[http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Norway/Telemark/Dalen-221702/TravelGuide-Dalen.html Virtual Tourist: Dalen Travel Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614224838/http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Norway/Telemark/Dalen-221702/TravelGuide-Dalen.html |date=2013-06-14}}. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- Palais Galliera in Paris, designed by Léon Ginain.
- October 16 – Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, designed by Fellner & Helmer.
=Buildings completed=
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- Kapelle der Versöhnung, Berlin, Germany.
- Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, Montreal, Canada.
- Reformed Church, Dresden, designed by Harald Julius von Bosse (demolished 1963).
- Ringkirche, Wiesbaden, designed by Johannes Otzen.
- Sacred Heart Church (Kőszeg, Hungary), designed by Ludwig Schöne.
- St. Peter's Church, Jaffa.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourism.gov.il/Tourism_Eng/Tourist+Information/Christian+Themes/Details/St.+Peters+Church-+jaffa.htm|title=St. Peter's Church|work=Israel Ministry of Tourism|accessdate=2009-01-06}}
- Colegio de Santa Maria de Jesús in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí.
- Columbus Hall (school and theater) in Orange, NJ designed by Jeremiah O'Rourke.
- Antiguo Cuartel Militar Español de Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- Sisters of Charity Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
- Reichstag in Berlin, designed by Paul Wallot.
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, designed by Jean-Jacques Winders and Frans Van Dijk.
- Guaranty Building, Buffalo, New York, designed by Louis Sullivan.
- Hôtel Tassel (town house), Brussels, designed by Victor Horta.
- Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Detroit, Michigan, USA.Laurie J. Marzejka (June 14, 2000).[http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=207 "Detroit's Water Works Park a gateway to the past,"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130121114824/http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=207 |date=2013-01-21 }}. Michigan History, The Detroit News. Retrieved on March 28, 2009.
- Lululaund, a house for Hubert von Herkomer at Bushey, England, based on a design by Henry Hobson Richardson (d. 1886) (demolished 1939).
- Rebuilt Köln Hauptbahnhof railway station in Cologne, Germany, designed by E. Grüttefie (engineer) and Georg Frentzen (architect).
- Negril Lighthouse, Jamaica.[http://www.jnht.com/heritage_site.php?id=99 Negril Point Lighthouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629114750/http://www.jnht.com/heritage_site.php?id=99 |date=2011-06-29 }}, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, 2005.
- De Arend, Coevorden (smock mill), Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=319 |title=Technische gegevens |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=Dutch |accessdate=12 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724162308/http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=319 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead }} (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view)
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Frederic Leighton.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Alfred-Henri Recoura.
Births
- February 18 – Paul Williams, California-based architect (died 1980)
Deaths
- April 11 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect and architectural theorist (born 1832)
- June 27 – Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (born 1834)
- August 15 – Arthur Rotch, Boston-based architect (born 1850)
- September 16 – Eduard Mezger, Bavarian architect, painter, professor and high civil officer of the royal buildings administration (born 1807)
- December 16 – Alexandru Orăscu, Romanian Neoclassicist architect (born 1817)